vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: caddy: CVE-2023-49854: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 7, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Caddy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.9.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on an unknown function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Solution

caddy-plugin-cve-2023-49854
Title
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